Charles Meryon
The Notre-Dame Pump, Paris
c. 1852
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 222 × 297 mm. (8 3/4 × 11 11/16 in.)
Plate: 172 × 254 mm. (6 3/4 × 10 in.)
Image: 165 × 250 mm. (6 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 14 in the series "Eaux-Fortes sur Paris" (1852-1854)
Credit Line
The Conrad Collection
Object Number
1932.17.25
From the Seymour Haden collection - bought from Bendann in 1913
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "C. Meryon ft._ Imp. _ R. Ne St Etienne-du-Mont 26_"; below image, lower right, in plate "1852"; below image, lower left, in graphite "B.43"; below image, center left, in graphite "2. S.H. Coll." Verso: lower left in graphite "52C abv(?)718 [triangle symbol]"; lower center in graphite "[indecipherable symbol]"; lower center right in graphite "Haden"; lower right in graphite "Y(?)EO. / Ep. assez belle avant le tirage / de(?) journal(?) l'artiste"
Markings: CM: Conrad(?) (not in Lugt); Haden (Lugt 3938)
